#sonTwo called me (as he does almost every day). This time, he was telling me that his wife's educational program was being disrupted by her #Kindle's inability to install whatever DRM-laden edubook reader her campus required.

I was driving to the hotel after work, so I stopped at an office store, bought a low-priced tablet with a recent version of #Android on it, drove to the #UPS store and shipped it.

A few days later, she was able to study during her breaks at work.

(And I understand that if you were not in the right place at the right time, you won't know what I'm talking about "big picture", even though the examples I'm posting are clear and understandable.)about 16 days agofrom webpermalink

@ddipaola Yeah that's always an option. I could just pull the SIM card out of my Pixel XL or use my wife's old Nexus 5X on which I've already installed #LineageOS (and already doesn't have a SIM card).

Many Android apps tend to be heavily dependent on network access, but I could test it out. If there were an #OpenSource#Android#APRS application, that would go a long way toward convincing me that's the right solution.

@musicman I'm also getting rid of a Toshiba Thrive from back in the #Android 3.1 days. It probably has better battery life, but unless it gets rooted and a newer version of the OS installed, it probably won't run any modern programs.about 17 days agofrom webpermalink

@delores A few years ago, there was a group going around the US holding "business seminars" in which they'd promise to train people to create mobile apps (I think both #Android and #iOS), then send them out to pursue companies to build apps for. I'm sure there was some sort of continuing fee or revenue split built in. I, of course, declined their offer.about a month agofrom webpermalink

* Have the word "Manager" in their name. Words like "Manager," "Ob-ject," or "Thing" add nothing to the meaning of the object's name. Ifyou can't just eliminate the offending "noise" word, find a better word from the metaphor domain or substitute a word that tells what the object is doing. For example, use ProcessScheduler rather than Process-Manager or Figure rather than DrawingObject.

To anyone using the Eleven music player from FDroid, I've fixed the repeat/shuffle settings persistence issue. They will now persist across app restarts. You can find the fixed source at https://gitlab.com/BNolet/Eleven